Every Thing You Never Had

5: The Start Of Betrayal

Stay away from people who can't take responsibilities for their actions and who make you feel bad for being angry at them when they do you wrong.

~Anonymous
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The car slowly arrived at my apartment. As I walked inside I heard voices coming from the bedroom. My heart was pounding out of my chest. My hands were shaking, scared of what might be going on behind the closed door. I slowly walked up, twisting the door knob slowly. When I opened the door I saw exactly what I was dreading. Hoping I wasn't right. There he was, in the act. I felt a stinging pain in my chest. I felt sick to my stomach. He immediately jumped up off of the girl he was fucking in our bed when he noticed I was there. I couldn't even speak. It's like my voice was trapped inside my throat. I closed the door and ran out of the apartment down to my car. I didn't know where I was going. I just drove. I couldn't wrap my head around what I had just seen.

I found myself at a small cafe. I looked around and ended up ordering a donut and sitting down in a single booth. While I eat my donut slowly, tears begin to roll down my cheeks. I sat there and sobbed for what felt like hours. Could I really be upset? I was just making out with another man. The guilt was eating me. After finally getting myself together I go back out to my car. Chris has been calling and texting me non-stop. I drove around until it was no longer light outside. I didn't want to go back but I knew I would have to face him eventually. I walk into the silent apartment. Things are thrown everywhere. Glass is shattered everywhere. I step over everything and go to my room where Chris is sitting on the bed looking at me as if I was the one who was caught with someone else.

"You weren't supposed to see that." He stated. Slowly turning his head to look at me.

"But I did. How long have you been cheating on me?!" I screamed. Causing him to shoot up onto his feet. He began walking towards me. I back up but he continues to walk until I am backed into the wall.

"HOW LONG?!" I yelled again. This time we are face to face.

"I don't know." He admitted. "If you would give me what I want when I ask for it then I wouldn't have to get it somewhere else." He growled.

"You're disgusting." I spat. I try to move away only for him to slam me back against the wall, knocking the air out of my lungs.

"DO NOT WALK AWAY WHEN I AM TALKING TO YOU." He snapped. This is the angriest I've ever seen him. I don't understand why he is so angry at me when he is the one who got caught fucking another woman.

"I'm so done with your shit. All you do is try to control me,"I spoke up. "I'm done being your bitch. I'm done trying to make you happy." I erupted. Before I could say anything else, he engraved his fist into my jaw. Causing me to fall to the ground. He yanked me up by my hair and slung me. He slowly walked over to me and snatched me up by my throat forcing me to look him in the eye.

"Did you really think that you could leave? Did you think that I would let you leave?" He roared. Tightening his grip around my neck. "You are mine. I own you." He continued. "No one else will ever want you. You should be grateful that I am here willing to love you and stand by you. Look at you. You're pathetic." He spat before dropping me. I struggle to catch my breath before he sends a kick into my stomach. Causing me to release a piercing scream. I hold my stomach in excruciating pain. He yanks me up by my hair and sends another punch to my face. Punch after punch. I begged him to stop but seemed to make him angrier. Blood and tears rolling down my face. My vision slowly begins to fade. Before I knew it I had blacked out.

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I woke up laying on the floor in a pool of my own blood. I struggle to get to my feet before stumbling into the bathroom. As I stare at myself in the mirror, I see that my lip is busted. I have a Blackeye. My whole body aches. I cleaned the blood off of my face and patched up my wounds. I Slowly walk out of the bathroom and quietly search the apartment. Thank God Chris is gone. I return to my bedroom and look around through the trashed room for my phone. I finally found it but no surprise it was dead. I put it on the charger and went back into the bathroom. I filled the bathtub with hot water and submerged my body. The hot water soothed my aching body. I stayed inside the bath until the water got cold.

I got out and dried myself off. I stare at my bruised body in the mirror. A huge bruise on the left side of my stomach. A mark left from when he had his hands on my neck. Bruises on my arm and legs from him kicking and punching me. Tears trickled down my face as I walked out of the bathroom and got dressed. I search around for my keys but they are nowhere to be found. I assume Chris took them with him so that I could not leave. I pick up my phone and text Brae. I told her that I needed her to come pick me up and to bring Jack with her. She questioned why but I told her that I would explain when they got here and that they needed to hurry.

While I waited for them to arrive. I took some painkillers and tried to clean as much as I could. After about 30 minutes I finally heard a knock on the door. I opened the door and let them inside.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?!" Brae screamed running over to get a closer look.

"DID THAT BASTARD HIT YOU?!" Jack followed.

"Don't want to talk about this here. I just want to leave, I'll explain once we are out of here." I replied softly looking down at my feet to avoid eye contact. Braelynn walks close to me as we leave out of the door. The ride was silent. I knew they had a lot they wanted to say but didn't want to pressure me. The ride felt long and quiet. We finally arrived at Brae's apartment. When we walked in, Brae went and got me an ice pack to help the swelling.

"So, are you going to tell us what happened?" Brae asked.

I explained to her how I walked in on Chris in bed with another woman to him beating me unconscious. I still feel sore. My body is aching and I feel a sharp pain in my stomach. My hearing starts to fade. I could no longer hear what Brae and Jackson were saying.

"Lora? Are you okay?" I heard faintly before everything went black.

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My eyes feel heavy, it feels as if I am suffocating. I slowly tried to open my eyes. The bright light was blinding. My body felt like it was being weighed down by bricks. I struggled to lift my body up. When I finally did I took a look around, there were tubes coming out of my arms. I was in a hospital, but how did I get here? Brae was sleeping peacefully in a chair next to me. I called out to her to let her know that I was awake. I wanted to know what was going on.

After a few minutes of calling her she finally began waking up.

"Oh my god! You're awake!" She yelled jumping up from her seat. "I was so worried about you." She exclaimed.

"How long have I been out?" I softly asked.

"Around 11 hours so it's still Wednesday."

"What time is it?" I hushed.

"10:36pm" she softly spoke. "I'm going to get the doctor."

After the doctor checked me. She explained that I fainted from dehydration and traumatic injuries. After checking me she prescribed me some painkillers and told me to get lots of rest.

Jackson was waiting for us when we got outside.

"I'm so glad you're okay," he said whilst pulling me in for a hug "Chris will get what's coming to him."

Jackson drove us back to Braelynn's apartment and went back to his. Brae ran me a bath. As I sank in the warm water my body instantly felt relaxed. After a while I found myself thinking about Brax. How my body reacted to him. I've never felt anything like it before. I stood up getting out of the bathtub. After I dried off I went out to find Brae in the kitchen. While I was in the bath she cooked us food. Once we were done eating we went into her room and turned on a movie. I didn't even see half of it before I fell into a deep sleep.

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